What Is Taproot in #Bitcoin ?

#Taproot is a soft #fork that improves Bitcoin’s scripts to increase privacy, efficiency, and the network’s ability to process smart #contracts. It is considered the most significant Bitcoin upgrade since the #SegWit upgrade in 2017.

The #Taproot upgrade consists of 3 distinct Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIP), including Taproot, #Tapscript, and its core - the new digital signature scheme called #Schnorr signatures. Taproot aims to bring several benefits to Bitcoin users, such as enhanced transaction #privacy and lower transaction fees. It will also enable #Bitcoin to execute more complex transactions and potentially widen its use cases to compete with #Ethereum, especially on smart contract capabilities and supporting Decentralized Finance (#DeFi) and non-fungible token (NFT) on the network.

How does Taproot benefit #Bitcoin?

—> Improve network #scalability by reducing the amount of data to be transferred and stored on the #blockchain.

—> More transactions per block (higher #TPS rate).

—> Lower transaction #fees.